Microsoft Projects (Level 1)

This course is designed to familiarize you with the basic features and functions of Microsoft Project Professional This course covers the critical knowledge and skills a project manager needs to create a project plan during the planning phase of a project.

In other words, if your supervisor assigns you to lead a project, this course will enable you to draft a project plan with Project and share it with your supervisor (and others) for review and approval.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for a person with an understanding of project management concepts, as well as general desktop computer skills, who will be responsible for creating and maintaining project plans. This course will give you the fundamental understanding of Microsoft Project necessary to construct basic project plans.

Prerequisites

Students enrolling in this class should have the following:

• A general, introductory-level understanding of project management concepts

• End-user skills with the current Windows operating system.

• Proficient skills using Microsoft Office products

Course Outline

• Identify Project Management Concepts

• Navigate in the Microsoft Project Desktop Environment

• Creating a New Project Plan File

• Set Project Plan Options

• Assign a Project Calendar

• Add Tasks to a Project Plan

• Enter Task Duration Estimates

• Create a Work Breakdown Structure

• Define Task Relationships

• Schedule Tasks

• Add Resources to a Project

• Create a Resource Calendar

• Enter costs for Resources

• Assigning Resources to Tasks

• Resolve resource conflicts

• Optimize a Project Plan

• Set a Baseline

• Share a Project Plan